Prep your ears for Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy by checking out this slideshow recording of the music for the piece, Arvo Part’s “Fratres: For Violin, Stringed Orchestra and Percussion.” Arvo Part coined the term “tintinabuli” to describe the stylistic choice common in his work to use a triad of bell-like tones that repeat in simple combinations… Read More
Listen: The Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Give your ears a taste for what they’ll enjoy at Chromatic Quartet with this slide show recording of Stravinsky’s “Violin Concerto in D”, the music that inspired Balanchine’s iconic ballet homage to his longtime creative partner, Stravinsky Violin Concerto. You can see Oregon Ballet Theatre’s company premiere of Balanchine’s homage to Stravinsky, Stravinsky Violin Concerto,… Read More
Stravinsky and Balanchine: An Inspiring Partnership
by Linda Besant, Oregon Ballet Theatre Historian [Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine in rehearsal while working on Agon in 1957. Photograph: Martha Swope.] George Balanchine made 40 ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky—the two are considered to have been among the most fertile and brilliant teams in performing arts history. The fruits of their… Read More
A Little Eye Candy from Matjash Mrozewski’s Gallery
It’s hard to define a world premiere before it premieres… what will it feel like? How will I feel seeing it? But we’re going to try to give you an idea of what Matjash Mrozewski’s world premiere work, The Lost Dance, might feel like, by giving you a Whitman’s sampler of eye candy from some… Read More
Maria Calegari and Bart Cook Discuss Stravinsky Violin Concerto
(image of Victoria Jaiani and Temur Suluashvili in the Joffrey Ballet performance of George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto, which will be one of 4 short works performed during OBT’s spring program, Chromatic Quartet. Delightful side note: Victoria and Temur will be visiting Oregon in June to perform in OBT’s Dance United Fundraiser. Photo by Herbert Migdoll… Read More
